António Teixeira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Portuguese composer
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Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
About António Teixeira
- António Teixeira (14 May 1707 – after 1769) was a Portuguese composer. Teixeira was born and died in Lisbon.
- He was a royal scholar in Rome from 1714 until 11 June 1728, when he was elected chaplain-singer of Lisbon Cathedral and examiner in plainchant for the Lisbon patriarchy.
- He wrote some festive cantatas for members of the aristocracy and also composed the music for two Portuguese operas by António José da Silva.
- José Mazza stated that Teixeira composed seven operas, which were performed by large puppets at the Teatro do Bairro Alto in Lisbon between 1733 and 1739.
- His surviving theatrical music shows him writing in the contemporary Italian style.
- His most important sacred work is a 20-voice Te Deum.
- It alternates the polychoral style of the Roman baroque with an operatic style in the solo sections.
- Teixeira's sacred works are now in the archive of Lisbon Cathedral.
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